tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post4780659312217449825..comments2024-03-08T07:00:30.850-06:00Comments on Write From the Heart: No more garter beltsLinda O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-32526949125775161492014-05-12T14:50:45.555-05:002014-05-12T14:50:45.555-05:00Do you remember chocolate soda? It was more like c...Do you remember chocolate soda? It was more like chocolate milk, but in a soda bottle. We never had a "tab" to bill our stuff and good thing too!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296300032567383021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-29639763970063546252014-05-11T20:52:04.442-05:002014-05-11T20:52:04.442-05:00Ahhh, you make me remember collecting pop bottles ...Ahhh, you make me remember collecting pop bottles for candy. And RC Cola. And confectionaries. We had it great, didn't we?Deborahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002468510668438210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-17084426239436141062014-05-11T04:43:02.438-05:002014-05-11T04:43:02.438-05:00I liked the thought of you using your parents'...I liked the thought of you using your parents' charge account. The trouble is that when you get away with something you become more confident and do more and more and then it's too late to change it.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-3928801438255927332014-05-10T18:03:53.739-05:002014-05-10T18:03:53.739-05:00Wow, did you ever bring back some memories! :)Wow, did you ever bring back some memories! :)Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141883867104777688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-35012646967095344202014-05-10T08:33:40.526-05:002014-05-10T08:33:40.526-05:00Fun post with lots of memories, Linda. I'm sur...Fun post with lots of memories, Linda. I'm surprised you got away with the charging for a while. Haha! :)Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865193802444007545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-64139659384344617882014-05-09T21:40:30.334-05:002014-05-09T21:40:30.334-05:00What a delightful share, Linda!
Our wee town did...What a delightful share, Linda! <br /><br />Our wee town didn't have anything as sophisticated as a confectionary.<br />Nevertheless, I remember "dumpster diving" for glass soda bottles we'd redeem at the nearby Piggly-Wiggly market. Getting a few cents-per-bottle seemed like such a BIG deal back then, didn't it?<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> Mevely317https://www.blogger.com/profile/14786988262452989091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-38417721477761426612014-05-09T18:47:51.673-05:002014-05-09T18:47:51.673-05:00Living in the country, we didn't have a store ...Living in the country, we didn't have a store like that we could walk to. We had a little candy store that people ran out of the front room of their house, where we could spend our 25-cent per week allowance.<br /><br />My grandma let my 14-year-old boy cousin drive us to a general store in her white Galaxie 500. She called it the "junk" store. Junk being candy. We each got a bag of junk before the death-defying ride back to her farm.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-790562875102563292014-05-09T17:09:42.011-05:002014-05-09T17:09:42.011-05:00Full of fun memories...I have some similar ones. I...Full of fun memories...I have some similar ones. It was a simpler time! Imagine charging a candy bar at Walmart until payday!!!Bookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043111213031211794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-67231038083914493472014-05-09T16:43:55.962-05:002014-05-09T16:43:55.962-05:00ha ha haha ha Your Mama must have been wild when s...ha ha haha ha Your Mama must have been wild when she found out you doubled her bill, Linda. You were a little dickens! Nice memories. SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12358462881287190635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-88723425951372879562014-05-09T15:43:01.552-05:002014-05-09T15:43:01.552-05:00My brother and I earned a quarter every Friday whe...My brother and I earned a quarter every Friday when we dusted at our grandparents' house. We walked along an abandoned train track to the general store. Wooden floors and glass - fronted display cases. Best of all, penny candy! We got a ton (in our childish minds) of sweet loot that lasted all week.<br /><br />But we never went at noon - that was the owner's naptime!Kim Lehnhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516002280882854450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-15569867412922594992014-05-09T11:52:38.279-05:002014-05-09T11:52:38.279-05:00Here in the South you may still run into an occasi...Here in the South you may still run into an occasion "general store," usually in the rural areas, that carry "a little bit of everything." It's always cool to see what they have. I'm surprised by the number of items still available from when I was a kid, like the Bit-o-Honey candies.<br /><br />Tab Cola -- only palatable with a slice of lemon.Lisa Ricard Clarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014582949326182166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-58493714603659730542014-05-09T09:02:50.076-05:002014-05-09T09:02:50.076-05:00Pickled pigs' feet! Now that brought back memo...Pickled pigs' feet! Now that brought back memories of the little corner store across from my elementary school. What a fun post~Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930262815304757150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-7111542073704231972014-05-09T06:04:59.281-05:002014-05-09T06:04:59.281-05:00I remember Tab, the most vile cola ever produced! ...I remember Tab, the most vile cola ever produced! I also remember corner stores with the glass fronted counters and inside the glass front boxes and boxes of different lollies (sweets) that we could pick and choose from to get a mixed bag. and "the book" where we would have our purchases written down and dad would send me around every payday to pay off some of the total. Never the full amount though, that "book" went on for years and seemed to never get paid off. <br />I remember once going there with three pennies and choosing lollies from the boxes that stated "six for a penny" or "eight for a penny", I spent a good hour choosing two of these, two of those, eventually the owner got fed up with me and made up a full bag of mixed lollies and shooed me out the door without taking my pennies. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-66395900440677597802014-05-08T23:55:21.438-05:002014-05-08T23:55:21.438-05:00Love the story! When I was a small child we lived ...Love the story! When I was a small child we lived several blocks from a similar place we called the candy store! Old building with a wood floor and a glass and wood door that had a bell on it. Just thinking about it makes we crave something sweet!Mary Hornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962782269214823198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145825647751945760.post-1875671367978106372014-05-08T22:45:23.532-05:002014-05-08T22:45:23.532-05:00I remember 16-ounce glass bottles of soda (I loved...I remember 16-ounce glass bottles of soda (I loved Vess Cream).<br /><br />Your post brought back lots of memories, Linda.<br /><br />(And give Ashley some castor oil ;)Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.com